Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adjective

The word "lantern" can be used as noun, verb and adjective.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

antique shop cabin campsite dark place house street

Capable Of

light way tip over and start fire

Derived Terms

Chinese lantern Fresnel lantern Jack-with-a-lantern Japanese lantern Lantern Festival blind lantern crab lantern dark lantern dark-lantern death lantern fairy lantern friar's lantern grave lantern hobby lantern hurricane lantern idiot's lantern jack-a-lantern jack-o'-lantern jack-o-lantern lantern beetle lantern berry lantern fish lantern gear lantern jaw lantern jawed lantern of the dead lantern roof lantern shark lantern shield lantern sleeve lantern slide lantern tower lantern wheel lantern-jawed lanternfish lanternflower lanternfly lanternist lanternless lanternlight lanternlike lanternshark magic lantern magic lantern show neep lantern parish lantern sky lantern storm lantern

Context

architecture engineering metalworking rail transport steam engines theatre zoology

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

lamp

Type Of (IsA)

form of artifical light fuel powered device lamp lawn and garden product light light source portable object source of illumination sporting goods

Receives Action

used outdoors

Related Terms

lamp torch

Related Terms

antique antique light archaic archaic term area aristotle's lantern barrel big big metallic box boxy bucket bulb burns burns oil cabin camp camp light campgrounds camping camping light camps campsites candle candle light carried carried light carry carry with case cased cased lamp china conductor contained contained light contained lighting core cupola dark device emitter emitting fashioned flame flame globe flame light flashlight for camping fuel gas gas oil gas wick genie glass globe guard hand hand held hand light handle has has glass held house illuminate jack kerosene kerosene powered lamp lamp light lamp type lantern brass lantern pinion light light box light case light emitter light emitting light source lighthouse lighting lighting area lighting device lighting path metallic oil oil lamp oil light old old fashioned old lamp old light old west outdoor outdoor lamp outdoor lighting outside outside light path paul paul revere perforated portable portable light powered revere signal small small lamp source term tiny tiny house torch translucent transparent trundle wheel type type light used used camping west whale whale oil wick wick glass

Used For

burning fuel creating oriental atmosphere decoration giving light guide oneself in mine holding outdoor light illuminating dark places illumination light light dark room light path light up dark room light way lighting campsite lighting dark cave lighting up dark places lighting up space see in dark places seeing in dark seeing way at night shed light showing way ahead

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.